Open Metrology Software
Author | : Soumajit Dutta |
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Total Pages | : 282 |
Release | : 2008 |
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The objective of this thesis is to create an open interface software system for an existing UPCMM (Ultra Precision Coordinate Measuring Machine) using the I++DME specification so that the machine can be operated not only by its own application software but also by any other I++DME compliant software. The I++DME is a relatively new interface specification proposed by an international committee in response to the interchangeability problem that exists between different CMM hardware and software available on the market. The UPCMM, a three axes Cartesian CMM, was developed and manufactured by KODAK for their specific measurement purposes and is a comparatively new member to the Center for Precision Metrology's CMM family. The controller for this UPCMM is made up of industry-standard components, but at this time no software exists that supports the I++DME specification for these components. The work contained in this thesis includes understanding the working principle of the UPCMM machine, performing basic measurement operations to determine the present measurement capability and writing an operating manual for other CMM users, in addition to developing the new interface software so that the UPCMM can be operated by any I++DME compliant software. At the conclusion of these tasks, basic measurements are performed using the new I++DME interface and the results are compared with measurements taken by the original software (DeltaTau). The correlation of these results is one indication of the successful implementation of the I++DME interface.